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Get startedRivendell is a four-bedroom detached house in Lympstone, Exmouth, Exmouth (EX8 5LE). It has a recorded floor area of 171 m² (around 1841 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2025) shows a C (score 70).
It hasn't traded since August 2003, a hold of 23 years that's notably long for the area. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 18.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £685,000 sits 126.4% above the 2003 sale of £302,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£164/sq ft) was about 47.8% below the postcode norm. At 171 m² the property is well over the postcode median (85 m² across 13 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
Rivendell ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
Variation of condition 2 (plans condition) of application 15/2123/FUL (replacement of single storey extension and loft conversion including dormer window on north east elevation and 3no dormers to south west elevation) to allow retention of additional window in dormer of north east elevation and alteration to approved window arrangement.
Rivendell has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1995.
£685,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 18.5% per year over 8 years.
£302,500
Growth on file: 18.5% per year over 8 years.
On price per m², Rivendell runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£1,769
Street avg £3,979
Floor Area
171 m²
Street avg 105 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.4 km
Saddlers Arms — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.0dB

Extension: Single storey
Replacement single storey extension and loft conversion including dormer window on north east elevation and 3 dormers to south west elevation
8 August 2003Most recent
£302,500
+290.3%over 8 years4 August 1995
£77,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in EX8 5LE: £475,000 (2025–2017).
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Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.9 t/year
Street avg 6.2 t/year
EX8 5ST
Closest school
0.4 km
Lympstone Church of England Primary School. 6 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.0dB
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